NetShrine
06-03-2001, 09:48 AM
In the News lately:
Kruk, the rotund former Philadelphia first baseman whose droll sense of humor made him a national celebrity when the Phillies went to the World Series in 1993, got an offer he couldn't refuse.
Kruk, who came out of retirement this year to coach in the Phillies' farm system, will leave the team May 30 to take a job with a TV show on Fox Sports Net. The 40-year-old Kruk hopes to follow the screen and TV success enjoyed by Bob Uecker.
"I enjoyed the coaching part," Kruk told the Philadelphia Daily News. "But I'm the first to say that I'm doing it for the money. You hear people say it's not about the money? That's bull. I'm doing it for the money."
Kruk, the rotund former Philadelphia first baseman whose droll sense of humor made him a national celebrity when the Phillies went to the World Series in 1993, got an offer he couldn't refuse.
Kruk, who came out of retirement this year to coach in the Phillies' farm system, will leave the team May 30 to take a job with a TV show on Fox Sports Net. The 40-year-old Kruk hopes to follow the screen and TV success enjoyed by Bob Uecker.
"I enjoyed the coaching part," Kruk told the Philadelphia Daily News. "But I'm the first to say that I'm doing it for the money. You hear people say it's not about the money? That's bull. I'm doing it for the money."